Note:Sometimes
the place names do not display on the flight. The problem is intermittent and I have not
yet solved it. If you push the pause button, the place-name labels will then display.

Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo
from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed
him the whole land -- from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and
Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negev and the whole region
from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him,
"This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, 'I will
give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross
over into it."

NOTE: The orange-colored line in the
image above is my best rendering of the route we followed. The red-colored line is the
route followed in the Google Earth flight.

Today's journey is that of Moses
and the Israelites after they were denied passage along the Kings' Highway by the Edomites
- except we're going in reverse. We'll travel along the Desert Highway far to the east
where the terrain is easier but the climate much drier. Just as Moses had to navigate
around the eastern end of the deep Arnon Gorge, so will we (again in reverse). When we do.
we'll be in proximity of where the Israelites sang, "Spring
up, oh well ..." We'll pass by, or close to, the cities of Sihon destroyed by
Moses: Heshbon, Dibon, Ar (Aroer). We may even be at the site of Jahaz, where Moses
defeated Sihon (although, truth be told, a site further east in the desert may be a better
pick). For the portion of our drive north of the Arnon, we'll be in the tribal territories
of Reuben and Gad. Southwards, we'll be in Edom.